A flock of tiny ducks are recovering not far from fawns, squirrels and other birds at the WildCare rescue facility in Noble.

“They happened to hit a storm at the wrong time,” Wild Care Director Rondi Large said. During Friday’s storm, ice coated every exposed surface, including the wings of the migrating water fowl, forcing them to land.

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From the air, roads covered in ice glistened like ponds and lakes. Some of the ducks mistakenly thought they were landing in water when they crashed into the asphalt.

“The edges of their beaks have very bad bruising and bleeding on the end, so they must have nosedived,” said Large.

“I just saw something ... I pulled the truck back and there was a duck sitting in the middle of the road,” Austin Lee said.

He said the duck’s wings were frozen and it could no longer fly. He picked it up, took it home and went to look for the rest of the flock.

“If they are on the ground, they are in trouble,” Large professed.

Lee brought four ducks to WildCare. Seven others were also rescued. WildCare says they will always for room for more.

“They like to nibble -- it doesn’t really hurt; throw a towel on, put on your winter gloves and pick up the little guy, put him in a safe place and give us a call,” Large said.

WildCare plans to rehab the ducks for a few days and then release them at Lake Thunderbird. WildCare is located at 7601 84th Street in Noble, OK. They can be reached at (405) 872-9338.